Letters to the Editor, Dec. 31

Letters to the Editor, Dec. 31

DIFFERENT RULES Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland obviously learned nothing from the fiasco she created when she demanded the release of brother and sister non-Canadians who were jailed in Saudi Arabia. Earlier this month, the drama teacher stated that the government would not get involved in the detention of Meng Wanzhou of Huawei Technologies. Both Canadian politicians declared “Canada is a country governed by the rule of law”. Well, that is unless you are a big shot who groped a young female newspaper reporter, in which case the law can maybe be relaxed a little bit.R.D. BURRIS(So it would appear.)

TRY TRUMP This guy Trump should be tried as a traitor to his country! Why, you ask? Simple, he was elected with the physical support of Russia, so that he could be manipulated in the future to support Russian aggression around the world. Does anyone today even dare to think that Trump’s order to withdraw American troops from Syria isn’t in the best interests of Russia? This is such a blatant and criminal action as to be comical. Where is the great American tradition of standing up for freedom and not backing down from enemies?MIKE CRAINE(We’ve got enough problems of our own.)

GIVE UNTIL IN HURTS Dumb me, I thought the B.C. economy was booming. According to StatCan, the last five years ending with 2017, Alberta contributed $119 billion more revenue to the federal government than it received back. B.C. was $26 billion. (BTW, Ontario $61 billion) i.e. a province of 4.3 million residents contributed more than B.C. and Ontario combined with approximately 19 million residents.BOB LASTUKA(Alberta gets it done.)

EASIER SAID THAN DONE The editorial comment at the end of letters regarding voting the Liberals out next year are really quite optimistic. As we all know, the election is nothing more than lip service to those of us living in the west. We are nothing but the tail of the dog. It’s pretty well decided who’s going to lead us federally by the time the polls close in Manitoba. By the time they close in Alberta and B.C., it’s more or less a moot point. (Prime Minister Justin) Trudeau, in the last election, promised political reform but quickly abandoned the idea after he got in realizing that he would actually have to campaign in all of Canada, not just in his comfort zone out east.JOHN HANCOCK(Let’s be optimistic.)

WASTING CASH I just had to write this as I was appalled at seeing the city waste even more of our tax dollars! On Sunday, Dec. 23, I was returning home on 68 St. and 32 Ave. N.E. at around 2:30 p.m. and I had to do a double take. There was a street sweeper out cleaning up the gravel! On my street, there is never a plow or even a sanding truck going down it. If they are doing this, please come and dump it on my street, or at least on the bus routes on Temple Dr. N.E. What a waste of taxpayers’ dollars. Please let Jeromy Farkas back in to office. At least I know he doesn’t want to waste the money on stupidity.VIOLET SPIRK(Seems a tad early.)

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